Collaborative Research: CS in Parallel: Scaling an Incremental Modular Approach to Injecting Parallel Computing Throughout CS Curricula

协作研究：并行计算机科学：扩展增量模块化方法以在整个计算机科学课程中注入并行计算

• 批准号: 1226172
• 负责人: Richard Brown
• 金额: $ 23.17万
• 依托单位: Saint Olaf College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-15 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1226172&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CS; Parallel; Scaling

The shift to parallel computing, including multi-core processors, cloud computing, and heterogeneous systems, has induced a workforce development crisis for computer science (CS) education. This project addresses how crowded CS curricula, traditionally structured around sequential (non-parallel) computing, can be changed to effectively incorporate the rapidly-evolving body of parallelism knowledge. Saint Olaf College, Calvin College and Macalester College are demonstrating how colleges and universities can insert short (one- to three-day) teaching modules on parallel computing into their courses through self-contained units that present conceptual principles and reinforce them by hands-on experience and follow-up exercises. New modules that incorporate emerging curricular recommendations, relevant applications to other fields, and parallel design patterns are under development. Parallelism is infused incrementally throughout the CS curriculum. Having developed this modular strategy in a predecessor CCLI Type I grant, this project demonstrates the scalability of this approach to other universities and colleges by targeting two geographical regions with workshops and follow-up adopter support. Other project activities reward participants for creating new modules, promote the national dissemination of this modular approach through conference workshops and presentations, and expand existing synergistic partnerships between CSinParallel.org and related efforts in industry, academia, and professional organizations.

向并行计算（包括多核处理器、云计算和异构系统）的转变引发了计算机科学（CS）教育的劳动力发展危机。 这个项目解决了如何拥挤的CS课程，传统上围绕顺序（非并行）计算结构，可以改变有效地结合并行知识的快速发展的机构。Saint Olaf学院、卡尔文学院和Macalester学院正在展示各学院和大学如何通过独立单元在其课程中插入关于并行计算的短期（一至三天）教学单元，这些单元介绍概念原则，并通过实践经验和后续练习予以加强。 新的模块，包括新兴的课程建议，其他领域的相关应用，以及并行的设计模式正在开发中。在整个CS课程中逐步注入了竞争主义。在前身CCLI I型赠款中开发了这种模块化战略之后，该项目通过针对两个地理区域的讲习班和后续采用者支持，展示了这种方法对其他大学和学院的可扩展性。其他项目活动奖励创建新模块的参与者，通过会议讲习班和介绍会促进在全国传播这种模块方法，并扩大CSinParallel.org与工业界、学术界和专业组织的相关努力之间现有的协同伙伴关系。